Festive food fun with Santa

Festive food fun with Santa

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Mon, 12/02/2019 - 10:41am

They say you shouldn’t play with your food – but at Living Coasts this Christmas, that’s exactly what kids are being encouraged to do.

The coastal zoo’s Breakfast with Santa event features food, presents – and penguins.

Living Coasts spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “Children get a pancake to decorate. They can choose from things like banana, strawberries, chocolate drops, cream and syrup – they can draw a snowman or a penguin or Santa Claus himself – or they can just pile it all on and eat it!”

Santa will personally give every child a present, and then – as this is...

Calls for more carers in Devon to help fend off winter pressure

Calls for more carers in Devon to help fend off winter pressure

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 12/02/2019 - 10:32am

A DEVON care provider says it needs more staff to help look after the county’s elderly and vulnerable during the festive season, which is the most demanding time of year (December 2019).

Guardian Homecare, which delivers home care in the Exeter area, says the winter months can be the most hectic, as the cold weather can adversely affect service users.

Manager at Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter says: “Pre and post-Christmas is our busiest time of the year, so we’re urging anyone out there, who is looking for a new career and is kind, honest and reliable, to get in touch...

Amberon Group Transport Manager, John Welch

Paignton-based Amberon reduces accidents by 45%, cuts fuel bills by 10%, and transforms driver psychology with Lightfoot

Paignton headquartered Amberon Group Ltd, the UK’s leading Traffic Management Provider, has seen a dramatic 45% reduction in accidents and an associated drop in severity of accidents, plus a 10% fall in its fuel bills, following the installation of Chudleigh-based Lightfoot's in-cab driver guidance device across its fleet of over 800 commercial vehicles and company cars.

The business, which provides a UK-wide service delivering solutions ranging from temporary traffic light schemes and high-speed contraflows to traffic management surveys as well as barrier installation, repair and...

Cofton Holidays celebrates 5 award hoard at Devon Tourism Awards

Cofton Holidays celebrates award hoard at Devon Tourism Awards

Cofton Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, is celebrating a night of success at the prestigious Devon Tourism Awards, having walked away with four silvers and one bronze. The award haul represents the most awards that Cofton Holidays has won in one night at the annual celebration of Devon’s best tourism businesses, and follows on from winning Gold Holiday Park of the Year in 2018.

The latest awards come in the Holiday Park of the Year; Self Catering Accommodation of the Year; Dog Friendly Business of the Year; Café and Tea Room of the Year, and...

The top 4 marketing strategies that big brands don't want you to know about

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 12/02/2019 - 6:54am

Big brands succeed because they do things differently. One of the things that these companies do in a unique way is marketing . They understand the power of unique promotions, and it is the reason that they will invest all their time and money in a campaign that will target the masses.

Such companies do not want you to know what strategies they use. Today, we are going to show you some of the intelligent moves these companies utilize to be prosperous.

1. Movement Strategy

Most brands market their products solely. Every pitch will revolve around their product, and...

Jane Gick

Could your company sponsor a children’s hospice nurse this Christmas?

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/02/2019 - 6:25am

Children’s Hospice South West is calling on companies to help sponsor one of its children’s nurses this Christmas.

The charity, which runs children’s hospices in Bristol, St Austell and Barnstaple is asking firms to pledge £1,000 towards its ‘Sponsor a Nurse’ appeal and help make Christmas just that little bit more special for local families this year.

Suzanne Brown, a children’s nurse at Little Bridge House in Devon said: “By sponsoring one of our nurses, you’ll be helping us to provide special care to families whose children are not expected to live into adulthood....

Elderly offered advice on keeping warm this winter

Elderly offered advice on keeping warm this winter

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Sat, 11/30/2019 - 2:58pm

EXPERTS at a south Devon home care company are offering elderly and vulnerable people in the county free advice on keeping warm in the coming winter months (2019/2020).

Guardian Homecare says it is extremely important for those with reduced mobility or who are aged 65 and above to keep warm and to have a well-heated home this season.

Catherine Porter, who manages Guardian Homecare’s teams working in the Exeter area, says: “We’re offering our free advice as expert carers to ensure that Devonians keep warm this winter. For starters, the minimum a home should be heated to is...

Devon-based GripHero wins two national awards in one night

UK-based GripHero Ltd, the developer of the world’s only fuel nozzle-mounted, anti-static hand-protection dispensers, has walked away with not one but two major titles at the prestigious Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA) 2019 Awards.

Honouring the latest products and most innovative services available on the forecourt and in the petroleum market, GripHero’s success in winning both the Environmental Protection and Improvement Award, and the Innovation Award, is a huge endorsement for the Devon business which supplies hand-protection to forecourts that...

Gentle by nature?

Gentle by nature?

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Sat, 11/30/2019 - 9:45am

Paignton Zoo has welcomed a new species – the wonderfully-named gentle lemur. There’s more than a little of the teddy bear about them, with their thick, grey-brown fur and beady amber eyes. The babies are said to be especially cute – and the zoo certainly hopes to see babies in due course.

The gentle lemur – more correctly, the Alaotran gentle lemur - is the only primate that lives entirely in marshy habitat. In the wild it can be found in reed beds around Lake Alaotra, in north east Madagascar.

But why the name? Are they really gentle? It depends who you ask. Gentle lemurs...

Top T-shirt printing companies in London

London is a huge place with many businesses offering a variety of products and services, but when it comes to t shirt printing companies there a few you must check out! The t shirt printing market is just like any other, different businesses offer different products and services and put their spin on each one to make it unique to them, that’s why it’s key to do your research and find the company that fits the brief you have, and the one you feel the most comfortable with.

So, lets jump straight into this list, which is in absolutely no order whatsoever so don’t take this as a...

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